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Pontus Lindqvist (b. 1986)

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Pontus Lindqvist, born in 1986, is one of Sweden's current foremost boy sopranos. He joined the Oscar Children's Choir at the age of six, later joining the Oscar Boys's Choir. He lived in England for a year and had the opportunity to take part in the boy choir tradition in the Cambridgeshire Boys' Choir. Pontus also sang in the Adolf Frederik Boys' Choir and often appeared as a soloist in the Oskar Church.

Pontus, now nineteen, will graduate in the spring of 2005 from a music gymnasium in Stockholm. His plans for the future are not yet decided. All of his recordings are available from his mother --> catharina.li@telia.com

He is currently studying "history of ideas" at the university of Stockholm. He has also started to take private singinh lessons again, now as a baryton.

He has now started to study Hospitality management at "Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne" in Switzerland

Related Sites

BCSD: Adolf Frederik Boys' Choir
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Featured Recordings

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Juleglädje (Sony SK 89002, CD) September 1999

Featuring Pontus Lindqvist
Pontus Lindqvist's final treble recording is a Christmas album full of unfamiliar Swedish and Nordic holiday tunes. Pontus is accompanied by a small group of adult singers and a chamber orchestra.

1. Julegladje
2. Bethlehems Stjarna
3. Barnet I Krubban
4. Maria I Torneskog
5. Mors Visa
6. Stilla Natt
7. Nar Det Lider Mot Ju
8. Nu Tandas Tusen Juleljus
9. Nar Juldagsmorgon Glimmar
10. Jul, Jul, Stralande Jul
11. Amazing Grace
12. Panis Angelicus
13. Mariae Wiegenlied
14. Ave Maria
15. Come Unto Him
16. Rejoice
17. Laudate Dominum
18. Alleluja
19. Den Lyssnande Maria

Review at choirbase.com

Gossopran (BIEM/NCB Pontus 1, CD) October 1998

Featuring Pontus Lindqvist
Pontus' first solo CD was released in 1998 and contains 14 tracks. Half of the tracks are from the standard treble solo repertoire and the remainder are lesser known gems of Swedish derivation.

1. Salve Regina (Schubert)
2. Sound the Trumpet (Purcell)
3. Pie Jesu (Faure)
4. Laudate Dominum (Mozart)
5. Panis Angelicus (Franck)
6. Pie Jesu (Lloyd-Webber)
7. All Things Bright and Beautiful (Rutter)
8. Sa mork ar natten (Agnestig)
9. Staffan stalledrang (arr. Agnestig) (trad. Folk song)
10. Silent Night (Gruber)
11. Marias vaggsang (Reger)
12. Kommen I herdar (Bohmisk julvisa)
13. Come Unto Him (Handel)
14. Kristallen den fina (Mariavisa)

Review at choirbase.com
Email catharina.li@telia.com		To Order: Total cost is 150 SEK, International money-order (No cheques or credit cards)

Other Recordings

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Pontus Lindqvist - Handel: Messias för unga röster

Handel: Messias för unga röster (DCM 18111802, CD) March 1998

Featuring Pontus Lindqvist
Live recording from Oscar Church, Stockholm, Sweden. With the Oscar Girl's, Boy's and Children's choirs and members of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Torbjörn Bernhardsson, concertmaster. Pontus is featured on seven of twenty-three tracks. This is an adaptation of Händel's Messiah by Timothy W. Sharp. The choral parts are abridged and arranged for a two-part youth choir. The solo and orchestral parts are performed in the original.

Email catharina.li@telia.com

To Order: Total cost is 150 SEK, International money-order (No cheques or credit cards)

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